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Our family has had an Xbox 360 for about a year now. One of the very first games we purchased was a dancing game because we enjoyed DDR so much on our other gaming system. We had grown fond of that particular game… enough so that we had all three versions of it.

When we were given the opportunity to review Just Dance 4 I was skeptical. Could we really like another “dance” game as much as the first one?

We’ve been playing this game for a few weeks now and the reviews are trickling in.

The first strong opinion anyone had was about the music. Everyone in the house had a handful of songs that they were excited were included.

The track list includes:

2 Unlimited – “Tribal Dance”

A.K.A – “Hot For Me”

Anja – “Crazy Little Thing”

Rick Astley – “Never Gonna Give You Up”

Army of Lovers – “Crucified”

The B-52’s – “Rock Lobster”

Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj – “Beauty and a Beat”

The Blackout Allstars – “I Like It”

Boys Town Gang – “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

Bunny Beatz – “Make The Party (Don’t Stop)”

Blu Cantrell – “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)”

Dancing Bros. – “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love”

Kat DeLuna ft. Busta Rhymes – “Run The Show”

Europe – “The Final Countdown”

Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”

Nelly Furtado – “Maneater”

The Girly Team – “Oops!… I Did It Again”

Selena Gomez and the Scene – “Love You Like A Love Song”

Halloween Thrills – “Time Warp”

Hit The Electro Beat – “We No Speak Americano”

Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”

Las Ketchup – “Asereje (The Ketchup Song)”

Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “On The Floor”

Marina and The Diamonds – “Oh No!”

Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”

Ricky Martin – “Livin’ La Vida Loca”

Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”

Sergio Mendes ft. The Black Eyed Peas – “Mas Que Nada”

Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”

One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”

Panjabi MC – “Beware Of The Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)”

P!nk – “So What”

Elvis Presley – “Jailhouse Rock”

Rihanna – “Disturbia”

Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – “Umbrella”

Sammy – “Some Catchin’ Up To Do”

Skrillex – “Rock N’Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)”

Will Smith – “Wild Wild West”

Alexandra Stan – “Mr. Saxobeat”

They Might Be Giants – “Istanbul”

Carrie Underwood – “Good Girl”

Barry White – “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”

Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”

Everyone in the house also liked that Just Dance 4 uses real dance moves but agreed that some of the routines were just a little too hard. We would have loved to have the option of changing the degree of difficulty and work our way up to the harder routines. Another thing my husband really missed in this game was the “practice” mode where the dancers break down the moves slowly until you “get it” and then put them all together. Basically learning the routine before you dance the entire song.

We loved how easy it was to add or remove players between songs. Sometimes a song comes on you want to wiggle your hiney to and then you are done, kwim? I enjoy watching the kids and like to partake in the fun but can’t keep up as well with some of the faster paced songs.

Some of the other features we enjoyed were:

Top Of The Charts – Just Dance 4 has over 40 all-new songs, ranging from current Billboard hits, legendary favorites, and classic dance party tracks! With a wide variety of songs, artists and genres such as “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass”, “Disturbia” by Rihanna, and Pink’s “So What,” everyone is sure to find their groove. Want more tracks? Download from an expanding catalogue of new songs from the in-game store.

New Battle Mode – Challenge your friends in 6 rounds of dance battles with the all-new battle mode! Go head to head to unique choreographies and music to be crowned the dance battle champion!

Bring Your Crew – With songs that feature 4 concurrent dance routines, it’s your time to shine! Each player can get his own moment of fame with unique choreographies and moves for each member of your dance crew.

Just Sweat It Out – The popular Just Sweat mode gets a major upgrade with brand new workout sessions, personalized programs, live feedbacks and a real calorie counter. Stay fit, and have fun playing Just Dance!

Just Can’t Get Enough – Just Dance 4 still has everyone’s favorite modes like Duet Mode, Mash-up Mode with 45+ mash-ups, and more!

After a little awkwardness with learning how to “touch” the screen and how the game was layed out the kids have declared this game a hit. Emma & Ethan go downstairs and turn it on by themselves to dance for a few minutes and then move on. This is a super fun game with a lot of extra features we didn’t have with our other game. If you are looking for “one last present” this would be a great one to buy!

BUY IT:

You can purchase Just Dance 4 for Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 and Wii U at Amazon.com

Just for kicks we videoed Emma & Ethan dancing to Time Warp. Enjoy!

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Heather, the mom behind OurKidsMom, is located in western Missouri. She is 3rd grade teacher turned stay at home mom with 4 children: Ethan (6), Emma (8), Joshua (17) and Kaytlin (22). She spends her free time planning her next travel adventure, blogging, browsing Pinterest for her next craft and reviewing great products for her family and home.

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Comments

I would love to get this game. The songs are awesome plus you can find something that everyone likes. I didn’t realize all the different options you have to choose from. I would like the Just Sweat It Out Mode because it would be such great exercise. Thank you for the great review!